Some P47N skin possibilities.

[lyric1]

Since this aircraft is so popular & has quite a few positions still open for it in the skins catalog. I thought I would dig up a few aircraft that are from squadrons less known or earlier variations of squadron skins that are not seen so often. Any one who wants to skin them claim them now.

SEXY SUZY 318TH F/G 73RD F/S.

This aircraft belonged to Lt. Robert O'Hara. Tail tip is black with white writing.



CHEEK BABY 318TH F/G 333 RD F/S.

This plane belonged to Col. Durwood B Williams.




413TH F/G 21ST F/S.



HUEY/DITDONC 414TH F/G 356TH F/S.



413TH F/G 1ST F/S.

This aircraft is not very clear in terms of it's art work on it's nose or under the cockpit. I can't make out at all what either are but I think the circle is the squadron logo for the 1ST F/S. As a lot of the units had them in the pacific at a best guess.




If you look you can see the letters AC on the engine cowling.

Here are some squadron patches & history of the squadron logo.

If the squadron logo is on the side of the plane it would be like the patch less the writing & the section that it is in.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/1fs.htm


If any one was to do this plane maybe best just to leave all the art work off & just go with the basic plane. I would guess if one was to do that I think you could make the argument at one point in time that would have been historically correct?

ANOTHER 1ST F/S PLANE.

Sadly no aircraft letter designation it may be good for reference material. Interesting the N5 stencil just above the guns maybe a clue to the correct plane identification lettering?



MAYBE 21ST F/S? LESS HEART LOGO ON TAIL

The wing stripes match a 34TH F/S can't tell maybe another good reference aircraft.

[lyric1]

The book that I used to reference HUEY/DITDONC has a typo it should be 456TH F/S not 356TH F/S.

[Greebo]

Thanks for researching those Lyric. I'm going to skin a P-47N soon, haven't decided which yet.

[Krusty]

very interesting. I'd be interested in doing one of the black-marked planes.

On Sexy Suzy, are you sure that's black and not blue? It also looks like there is coloring on the stabilizers (you can see it starts about halfway out on them, same as the vertical stab).

Tough decision, but I think I'd like to do the black diamond rudder. Now, to dust off my P-47N template!

[Mus51]

I'm interested in doing 'Cheek Baby', it looks really nice!

[lyric1]

very interesting. I'd be interested in doing one of the black-marked planes.

On Sexy Suzy, are you sure that's black and not blue? It also looks like there is coloring on the stabilizers (you can see it starts about halfway out on them, same as the vertical stab).

Tough decision, but I think I'd like to do the black diamond rudder. Now, to dust off my P-47N template!

Based off this profile it would be black & a nice pick up on the stabilizer had not noticed that.

[lyric1]

I'm interested in doing 'Cheek Baby', it looks really nice!

Just remember the colour pictures have not got the correct tail number for Col.Williams plane.

[Krusty]

Quick question: Is the glass on the wingtips colored, or is the glass clear and the lightbulb colored?

Wingtips not shown (clipped off) in your museum pictures.

[Mus51]

NICE! Do you got more black P47N's? I'm almost done with my template

[lyric1]

Quick question: Is the glass on the wingtips colored, or is the glass clear and the lightbulb colored?

Wingtips not shown (clipped off) in your museum pictures.

At work at present can't link to anything. Based off all the other pics in this thread I would say clear glass colour bulb.

[lyric1]

NICE! Do you got more black P47N's? I'm almost done with my template

If you mean 1ST F/S no these are the only two photo's I have found.

[lyric1]

Thanks for researching those Lyric. I'm going to skin a P-47N soon, haven't decided which yet.

Will send you something special. 

[lyric1]

This would be a rather generic aircraft but I guess it would work for the 414TH F/G 413TH F/S. # 665 TAIL # 488610?





I was going to list this aircraft for this squadron.







However based off the book I have the number of the aircraft cant be right. See second image above^ if it is correct it would be a 456TH F/S & that would make it a blue coloured aircraft.

There we go much better it's a blue plane now. We have some one who knows how to do a profile correctly.


Lesson to be learned here is never trust artist's modelers & profiles always get a photo Oh yeah I don't have one of those either.

[lyric1]

Since we are on 465TH F/S I noticed the plane in the back ground of this picture I posted before.







I edited the picture & noticed the plane is called KINKY Maybe even the individual letters match in colour as they all seem to be different. This plane may suit a lot of AHII players?

[kilo2]

Can we get a Russian lend lease skin please......